Parenting skills
5 Easy Ways to Prevent Summer Slide
Summer slide occurs to students every year who don’t do anything over the summer to help retain the information they learned during the school year. On average, an American student loses 2 months of their education EACH AND EVERY SUMMER, putting them far behind students who review and even spend their summers learning new concepts…
Read MoreHow to work AND home school your child
People are always telling me that they would LIKE to home school their children but they work, so they can’t. To me, that’s one of the laziest excuses out there. If that is you, take a moment to really examine what you are saying. Do you REALLY want to home school your children? Why? Is…
Read MoreWhen is the best time to start your child’s education?
Right NOW! Don’t delay to even read this if your child is interested in learning something. One of my favorite philosophies about education is from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential and they say that learning starts from birth. From the moment they are born, our children are learning about the world around…
Read MoreWho is your child’s champion?
I was just reading an article in our local paper about how students succeed even if the reports on the schools are bad. The local schools where I live don’t do well, especially with the new “Common Core” testing standards, and the school boards wanted to showcase that they have former students who are doing…
Read MoreGlitter Glue makes games fun!
Have you downloaded my FREE guide on making learning fun for your child? If you have, great! I would really enjoy knowing what your child’s favorite game you play is from the guide. If not, do it now so you can start having FUN with your child while ensuring they are getting a strong educational…
Read More41% of all students who start college will drop out – will your child be one of these?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 41% of all students who started college in 2006 had graduated by 2012! That statistic is even worse for boys, who dropped out at a rate of 44%. Girls did better with a dropout rate of just 39%. I strongly believe that higher education is a…
Read MoreWhy are you making your child suck at math? Just stop!
Your child HATES math. They hide their homework, they hide their test scores. Homework time is a nightmare that you don’t want to deal with after your own long and stressful day. This nightly nightmare is made worse because you are awful at math and you have no idea how to help them. Before one…
Read MoreThe number one reason NOT to home school your child – they won’t be socialized
How will your home school child be socialized?!? I have been helping people decide if home schooling is right for their family for over a decade now. There has yet to be a person who hasn’t asked, “What about socialization?” Even if they didn’t really think that was an issue, someone close to them felt…
Read MoreDoes your child have good comprehension skills?
Learning to read and learning comprehension skills are two totally different abilities and needs 2 different parts of the brain. However, most schools assume that if a student can read words out loud, they should automatically be able to comprehend. This hope is untrue and our brains need to be trained to comprehend, especially if…
Read MoreThe very BEST way to help your child study for a test
Tests, tests, and more tests For most students, tests are an everyday fact about going to school. Personally, I don’t think that young kids should be tested at all, that education is a gift that should be given freely. Talented teachers know if their students understand the concepts or not without having a test to…
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